A Sacramento pastor, who made controversial comments about the Orlando massacre, talked to KCRA 3 about his sermon and said he doesn’t regret his comments.

A Sacramento pastor, who made controversial comments about the Orlando massacre, talked to KCRA 3 about his sermon and said he doesn’t regret his comments.

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Updated: 8:39 PM PDT Jun 14, 2016

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WEBVTT RESPONDING AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT'S AN ONLINE SUNDAY SERMON IN SACRAMENTO GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION. >>ARE YOU SAD THAT 50 PEDOPHILES WERE KILLED TODAY? NO I THINK THAT'S GREAT I THINK THAT HELPS SOCIETY . YOU KNOW I THINK THAT ORLANDO FLORIDA IS A LITTLE SAFER TONIGH AND TODAY PASTOR ROGER JIMEN EZ OF VERITY BAPTIST CHURCH STANDS BY HIS WORDS. >>I DON'T REGRET ANYTHING THAT I SAID I DON'T TAKE BACK ANYTHING I SAID. I DO THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THE SERMON IN ITS CONTEXT AND ARE JUST BASICALLY TAKING WHAT THE MEDIA IS PORTRAYING. KATHY HIS REMARKS CAME HOURS : AFTER THE MASSACRE IN ORLANDOHE USED THE PULPIT AND BIBLE TO JUSTIFY HIS POSITION. >>THE POINT THAT I WAS MAKING IS THIS..IF GOD PUTS THE DEATH PENALTY ON IT GOD SAYS THEY DESERVE TO DIE , AND THEN THEY DIE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING AS CHRSTIANS WE NEED TO BE MOURNING. >>HES TAKING THE BIBLES WORDS I BELIEVE AND HE'S TWISTING THEM TO GET HIS MESSAGE ACROSS. KATHY: TILLMAN..A BAPTIST HERSELFSAYS SHE'S APPALLED BY THE HATEFUL RHETORICAND IS JUST ONE OF MANY WHO PLAN TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY AT HIS NEXT SERMON THIS COMING SUNDAY. >>WE DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF THINKING HERE, WE ARE BIGGER THAN THAT, WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT. >>PASTOR JIMINEZ SAYS HE WELCOMES THE UPCOMING RESPONSE. >>IF YOU ARE A BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIAN WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO GET TAUGHT THE BIBLE AND NOT JUST SUGAR COATED SHALLOW MESSAGES..WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU AT

Sacramento pastor: I don’t regret anything that I said

A Sacramento pastor, who made controversial comments about the Orlando massacre, talked to KCRA 3 about his sermon and said he doesn’t regret his comments.